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Summary: umax products $ucks!
Review: do not buy umax products... it is a total waste of money.
most of the time the drivers and software provided by the company does not work with the operating system you are using. in order for it to work properly you must go to their web site and download a patch that supposed to fix the problem but instead the patch conflicts with other softeware such as camera software or even the operating system (one more thing the drivers and patches at their website are not free).
I wrote to umax and they have never responded to any of the emails i have sent to them. I decided to call the support center and I was refered back to the website to download another patch. (very bad customer support)
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Summary: Old scanner. Still going after all these years.
Review: I inherited this scanner from my father a few years ago when I was in college. At the time I had a Dell running Windows 98. Then I upgraded my system and am now running Windows XP Pro. The original driver didn't work, although XP had a generic driver that would let the scanner work with limited options. All I did was search for "umax 1220u driver" on Google and I was easily able to find sites offering the Umax driver that will work with Windows XP, for free. The scanner and the VistaMax software it comes with still work great! Sure it's not as fancy or small as newer scanners on the market but it does what I need it to do and it was extremely inexpensive. Free!
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Summary: Old scanner. Still going after all these years.
Review: I inherited this scanner from my father a few years ago when I was in college. At the time I had a Dell running Windows 98. Then I upgraded my system and am now running Windows XP Pro. The original driver didn't work, although XP had a generic driver that would let the scanner work with limited options. All I did was search for "umax 1220u driver" on Google and I was easily able to find sites offering the Umax driver that will work with Windows XP, for free. The scanner and the VistaMax software it comes with still work great! Sure it's not as fancy or small as newer scanners on the market but it does what I need it to do and it was extremely inexpensive. Free!
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Summary: Umax 1220U Review
Review: I purchased this scanner April of 2000. The software included in the package was clunky and did not load properly unless each was done separeatly. The scanner is slow and there is no on/off switch for the lamp. You can unplug the power supply adapter when you are finished using it to save the lamp. If you do, the pc must be rebooted to use it again. The twain interface is NOT COMPATIBLE with Windows XP or Win 2000. The software will not work in those OS's. However Windows XP Pro can inititiate a native driver to scan all items as a photo file. I am looking for a better unit now that I have had such rotten (almost non-existent) support from UMAX on this item. Definitly Not Umax this time!
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Summary: cheap scanner , works with linux too
Review: I used this scanner with windows software .VistaScan that came with it. It is a tad slow but unless you are scanning over 20 pages a day you should be fine. I also used this scanner with XSANE under Redhat Linux and it worked even better. The downside is the thickness of this scanner when compared to the new scanners in the market. This thing is almost triple the thickness of the latest scanners in the market but hey...if you want cheap scans why do you even care that you have an elephant sitting on your desktop.
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Summary: No support for Mac OS X.
Review: If you're a Mac user, forget this one (and all Umac products). They don't intend to provide drivers for Mac OS X.
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Summary: Worst of the Worst
Review: What's in the wolrd that they charge for driver software. They are on the way to get to chapter 11. Poor quality.
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Summary: Don't expect support from Umax.
Review: Will not work with XP despite downnloaded drivers and patches. Umax wants to sell new drivers but I'm not willing to risk more time and money on something that Umax should be supporting without cost. Trash day is Tuesdays here if you are pre-XP and looking for a deal on a scanner.
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Summary: Worst company ever for support
Review: You cannot download drivers from your website. Instead they want to force you to buy a CD of their drivers. Never never never buy from UMAX. Send them a signal lound and clear. Their company is paid for by the customer. They need to get the message that the customer does not serve their needs! They serve the needs of the customer.
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